"Jabberwocky"

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Transcript of "Jabberwocky"

Style"Jabberwocky" is a balladA ballad-stanza is 4 lines rhymes abcb and the sylables are paterned 8, 6, 8, 6.Carrol uses "Portmanteau" words, which are words that accent a word's sound instead of the meaning.Sound is the main structure of the poem and is made up of onomatopeias, alletiration, and assonance.The poem as a whole is an allegory, where the story and character have meaning as concepts and acts on another level.Author BiographyReal name- Charles Lutwidge DodgsonBorn on January 27, 1832 in Daresbury, CheshireWent to Oxford at the age of 18 after completing education at homeBecame a lecturer in math and in 1856 began writing humorous storiesMet Alice Liddell in 1856- model for Alice in WonderlandRemained lecturing at Oxford until 1881Died in Guildford, Surrey, England on January 14, 1898Poem Text'Twas briling, an the slithy tovesDid gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves,And the mome raths outgrabe

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shunThe frumious Bandersnatch!"

He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought-So rested he by the Tumtum tree,And stood awhile in thoughtThemesHeroic Quest-Involves young male in an attempt to trumph over darkness. Fantasy Versus Reality-combines the two worlds together to balance them out throughout poemPoem Summary 1-4TranslationLines 1-4: At evening, the toves bored holes in the side of the hillthe borogroves and raths shrieked.TranslationThe man stood by the tree in with impatient thoughts, ready for something to happen. The Jabberwock came around the tree quickly, with eyes of flame. "Jabberwocky"Historical ContextCriticism By Cliff SaundersCreditsThe poem "Jabberwocky" was a nonsense poem.Even though Lewis Caroll was a loved children's author, he was a very "sane" man. He was very much an "insider" who would have considered upsetting the established order a foolhardy venture a gross, punishable offense.ToveBorogroveRathPoem Summary 13-16And, as in uffish thought he stood,The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!

One, two! One, two! And through and throughThe vorpal sword when snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its headHe went galumphing back.

influences affect Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky"Prussians- concern in Britian was increasing because of the Prussian Millitary Threat and the Jabberwock was the metaforical Prussian armyColonial Africa- Henery Morgan Stanley's search for Dr. Livingston in Africa may have inspired some of the word choicesConrad's Heart of Darkness-

Heart of Darkness is similar to "Jabberwocky", the main character, Marlow, searches for a madman named Kurtz in the Congo.Alice LiddellVictorian EnglandPrussiansColonial AfricaConrad's Heart of DarknessMilky WayMilky WayPoem Summary 17-20Poem Summary 21-24Poem Summary 25-28TranslationThe man attacked the Jabberwock and cut off its head. He then brought it back to his father.Lines 21-24- His father was very proud of his boy for killing the Jabberwock.Lines 25-28- It was evening and the sly badgers dug into the hill. The parrots were miserable and the turtles shrieked with fright. VocabularyUffish- arrogant, impatientWhiffling- whistling or moving very fastTulgey- bulgingBurbled- most likely growlingVocabularyVorpal- an extremely powerful type of swordGalumphing- galloping triumphantly VocabularyBeamish- smilingFrabjous- fabulous, joyousCallooh- equivalent to yahoo in WonderlandCallay- hurrayChortled- laughedVocabulary'Twas- It wasBriling- Boling or hot, evening timeSlithy- slyToves- badger like creaturesGyre and Gimble- grind and turnWabe- side of a hillMimsy- miserableBorogroves- parrot-like creaturesMome- solemnRaths- turtlesOutgrabe- shriekedPoem Summary 5-8Vocabulary

TranslationBe wary of the Jabberwock, i can either bite you or rip you apartAvoid the Jubjub bird that eats sweet fruits for the Jabberwock is attracted to its songshun the fuming and furious Bandersnatch who steals meaning from sentencesPoem Summary 8-12VocabularyTranslationThe boy took his word-hungry sword and searched for his Celtic speaking foehe stopped to rest under the tumtum tree, thinking the Jabberwock would be attratted by the sound of the wind through its leavesbrillig-early eveningslithy-mix of flexible and slimygimble- to boremimsy-mix of flimsy and miserablemome- solemnTove- a bdger-like animalgyre- to scratchwabe- hillsideborogrove-parrotsrath- turtleoutgrabe- to shriekVocabularyJubjub BirdBandersnatchJubjub- derived from jubjube: a sweet fruit that the bird probably ateBandersnatch- Banter-snitch, steals meaning or sense from the wordsJabberwock- Babblement or Babble-Voice, jabber-> babble, wock-> voicefumious- fuming-furious,fuming- emitting, exhalingfurious- intensely violentvorpal- mix of verbal and voracious meaning word-hungrymanxome- of a Celtic speaking raceVorpal SwordTumtum TreeBy: Lewis Carol